虚きょ言げん癖へき

noun

mythomania; compulsive lying; propensity to lie

A psychological or behavioral tendency to tell lies habitually, often without clear motive. The term is somewhat clinical and less common in everyday conversation than 嘘つき癖 or 虚言症.

See also: 虚言症

• 彼かれの虚きょ言げん癖へきは周しゅう囲いの信しん頼らいを失うしなわせた。

  His compulsive lying cost him the trust of those around him.

• 虚きょ言げん癖へきのある人ひとは、自じ分ぶんでも嘘うそと真しん実じつの区く別べつがつかなくなることがある。

  People with mythomania sometimes lose the ability to distinguish between lies and truth.